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Carson Park and Half Moon Lake from the Air
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Aerial view of Carson Park, Half Moon Lake and part of the West Side in the foreground. The municipal bath house is on the lake shore in the foreground. A long section of the Chippewa River is in the distance, with the Milwaukee Railroad Bridge and Shawtown wagon bridge.
1930
University of Wisconsin. Bureau of Audio-Visual Instruction
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Carson Park on Chippewa River in Eau Claire
1930
Carson Park on the Chippewa River, with the entrance to a tunnel which was used to transport logs from the river into Half Moon Lake.
C.M. & St. Paul Ry. Bridge at Shawtown
1910
Color enhanced photographic view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul steel truss railroad bridge over the Chippewa River at Shawtown, near Half Moon Lake. The Daniel Shaw & Co. lumber company f...
Aerial View of City and River
1930
Aerial view of city, with Eau Claire River is in the foreground with Milwaukee railroad bridge at left. Gillette Rubber Co. plant is in center with Omaha railroad tracks and large residential distr...
North Side from the Air
1931
Aerial view looking north, with a small portion of the West Side (left), nearly all of the North Side and part of the business district of the East Side. Across the Chippewa river are shown, the Gr...
West Grand Avenue over Half Moon Lake
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Located in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County